Tapping Synonyms and Antonyms

tăpĭng
To remove (a liquid) by a steady, gradual process
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. draining
  2. pumping
  3. emptying
  4. drawing
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wiretapping
  2. intercepting
  3. bugging
Draw from; make good use of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spiking
  2. exploiting
  3. stabbing
  4. broaching
  5. drilling
  6. boring
  7. piercing
  8. perforating
Antonyms:
  1. closing
To select for an office or position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nominating
  2. naming
  3. making
  4. designating
  5. appointing
Make light, repeated taps on a surface
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rapping
  2. tipping
  3. touching
  4. knocking
  5. patting
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. begging
  2. soliciting
To select, as for membership in an organization; designate.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. appointing

Words Related to Tapping

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Tapping Sentence Examples

  • Iliana asked, tapping a hot pink fingernail.

  • Their conversation was interrupted by a tapping at the back door.

  • Fred reached for the newspaper, tapping a small article with his fingers as he handed it to Dean.

  • Most screens are activated by tapping them with your finger.

  • We may easily realise its transmission through a solid by putting the ear against a table and scratching the wood at some distance, and through a liquid by keeping both ears under water in a bath and tapping the side of the bath.

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